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A series of three books, with three more on the way,{{when}} by [[Conn Iggulden]] which tell the story of the Mongol Empire. So far, it includes:
* '''Wolf of the Plains''' (2007) ([[Market-Based Title|Published in America]] as ''Genghis: Birth of an Empire''): Follows Temujin, son of Yesugei, as he is banished from his tribe and goes on to not only survive, but begin to unite all the people of Mongolia, becoming [[Genghis Khan]].
* '''Lords of the Bow''' (2008): Having crushed the Tartars and united the Mongols into a single nation, Genghis Khan turns his attention to the tribes' traditional oppressors, the Xi Xia and Chin empires in what is now northern China.
* '''Bones of the Hills''' (2008): Xi Xia and Chin are under Mongol domination, but Genghis Khan's ambassadors to Khwarezm are tortured and killed. The Mongols move against the Arabs in revenge, and their armies reach as far west as Russia.
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* [[The Alliance]]: What the Mongol nation starts off as.
* [[Bilingual Backfire]]
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* [[Bring Me My Brown Pants]]: Borte wets herself when she realizes the Tartars are going to rape her. Again.
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Temujin and Bekter, Jochi and Chagatai
* [[Chocolate Baby]]: Jochi, possibly.▼
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Killing one's enemies and raping their women is intentionally portrayed as honourable and good.
** The killing-one's-enemies part is still seen as honourable nowadays...
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* [[Genghis Gambit]]: Fitting, since the real Genghis Khan is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Grim Up North]]: The Tartars seem to thrive in the frozen wastes of Siberia. Possibly the Mongols themselves to the Chin.
* [[Historical Hero Upgrade]]: Some of the Mongols' more horrible tactics, such as catapulting severed heads and the corpses of plague victims into cities, as well as Genghis Khan's rape of hundreds of women, are left out. The author does however mention habitual use of captured civilians (terrorized beyond all sanity by inventive executions and deadly forced marches) as living shields/cannon fodder when assaulting fortified cities
* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: The Tartars are responsible for a fair bit more of the crap in Temujin's early life than happened in reality.
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